01 Director Shaun O' Connor on how taking an acting class changed his approach to directing

05/15/20 • 34 min

Shaun O' Connor’s latest short "A White Horse" has won several awards including Best Irish Short at Foyle Film Festival which means it's now longlisted for the Oscars & Baftas. He was recently nominated for a discovery award at the Dublin International Film Festival and he has directed numerous shorts, a feature, and recently directed a stage play.

Some of the things I’ll be chatting about with Shaun include:

The impact Coronavirus has had on his creativity & productivity
How his first IMDB credit is a feature film he made for about €300
How taking an acting class changed his approach to directing

Some of the things I’ll be chatting about with Shaun include:

The impact Coronavirus has had on his creativity & productivity
How his first IMDB credit is a feature film he made for about €300
How taking an acting class changed his approach to directing

Previous Episode

Introduction - acting insights via relaxed chats with industry professionals

We all love the creative side of our acting careers, but the business side often gets neglected. On this podcast I hope to chat about creativity, but also to uncover little insights that can help us make simple changes to advance our careers. Join me for relaxed chats with industry professionals from the film and theatre world.

Next Episode

02 Director Shaun O' Connor on how he finds actors for his projects

Continuing the chat with director Shaun O’ Connor, in part one we chatted about making his first feature on a budget of about €300 and how taking an acting class changed his approach to directing, and now we move on to: